Shooter Grade 27-2

[august1410]

Mine is a shooter, and my everyday carry gun.

 

[UDR2]

All guns are shooter's grade until they look like this:

 

[Sportsterguy]

Hi W4,
That is all I have is shooters. Bless the collectors, but if I can't shoot it I don't need it.
That looks like a nice one to me.
Thanks
Mike

My thoughts exactly! Will have some safe queens coming up for sale in the future as I just don't shoot em. They are all lonely in the safe.

CWO. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Thats a fine looking 27 you have there and it was meant for shooting! Hope you get 30k rounds through it as they are one beefed up .357.

 

[stmry]

Very nice for a shooter grade.

 

[alwslate]

Just a hair North of $400? How's about I give you your money back for
it and you can look for one with a RR and WO? You call it shooter
grade but by the looks of that very light cyl ring it hasn't been shot
very much. I have 27s with and without the RR and WO and I actually
prefer them without. The plain sights give a more consistant sight
picture to me and for hunting in the woods I just put a bit of white
paint on the front ramp. I have my own theory about "shooter grade
27s". Previous owners may have not given them the best of care but
they are still the top of the line S&W revolvers and once they belong
to me they get treated just as gently as my best condition 27s.

 

[Hapworth]

Zombie thread.

 

[flagman1776]

No magic in the Red Ramp. Easy to put model paint on with a small brush. It might have to be renewed occasionally. Easy to change color if you want.
Bought my 5" 27-2 new in 1978.

 

[Retired W4]

Zombie thread.

I was surprised to see it myself, being over a year and a half old. I still shoot it, and it still shoots great.

 

[P&R Fan]

That one looks pretty nice to me. You got a heck of a deal.
I only have one M27 (so far) and it is also a 4" M27-2. I bought it at a gun show about 13 years ago and paid $400 for it OTD. No box, but I'd estimate it as a 99% gun. I never knew, until I joined the Forum, how scarce the 4" ones are. They only made them for a few years. I've heard they're worth nearly a Grand these days.

Mine ain't goin' nowhere while I'm still breathin'.
Jim

 

[Retired W4]

That's great. I now have another one just like it. It also shoots great. W/ RR-WO

Pics in the AM.

 

[GLL]

W4:

The 4" is my very favorite 27-2 and yours looks VERY nice to me !

Nothing wrong with a "collector grade" "shooter"?

I think most of the nickel 4" were RR.

Jerry

 

[Mike McLellan]

If that's a "shooter", mine are scrap-metal.

 

[Retired W4]

Gerry, those two are gorgeous. Here is the one I mentioned last night, with RR/WO. I have it sporting Ahrends. It resides in the top drawer in the office. If it were not for the bolt stop notch you would see my face on the cylinder. A few more freckles and a little more holster wear.

 

[Jaymo]

Gerry, those two are gorgeous. Here is the one I mentioned last night, with RR/WO. I have it sporting Ahrends. It resides in the top drawer in the office. If it were not for the bolt stop notch you would see my face on the cylinder. A few more freckles and a little more holster wear.

That one's no good. It has a turn line.
Better send it to me.
I'm such a good person, it hurts.

I'd brag about both of those N frames, if I had them.
I have 2 Js, 2 Ks, 1 L, and 0 Ns.
I need to get at least one more L and 2 Ns.

 

[Retired W4]

Yes, I understand. I should also pay for shipping. You do need to acquire some N frames. They are great to shoot!

 

[imakmst]

I always smile at the term 'shooter'.

I buy mine to shoot. No safe queens. I don't own a big ole bunch of guns but the ones I have all get shot. And my .357s get shot a-lot.

You've got a fine piece there.

 

[Reddog]

Congrats, Retired! Looks like a new one to me!
Dick

 

[Retired W4]

I always smile at the term 'shooter'.

I buy mine to shoot. No safe queens. I don't own a big ole bunch of guns but the ones I have all get shot. And my .357s get shot a-lot.

You've got a fine piece there.

Yep, they are all shooters, or at least start out that way. It depends on what the owner does with them. I have, or had old S&W's that were purported to be unfired outside the factory and what do I do? Take them out and shoot them. I don't have a huge collection but I have enough that I don't always have enough time to exercise them all. "Shooter Grade" is just that, a grade, or condition that we can use to describe one,

My .357's get more action than any others I own too. My favorite!

 

[fyimo]

It's hard to beat a 27-2 3.5 inch so congratulations on yours as mine looks new but it has a name engraved under the grips.

 

[lowercase]

Ah, heck. I'll go ahead and ask.

What is "RR" and "WO"?